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Although Klimt’s stay in Grado has not been confirmed, it is believed that artists and patrons of fin de siècle Vienna, including Joseph Maria Ockenthaler, Otto Wagner, Friedrich Aumann and Bloch-Bau The Er family likes to gather there. At the invitation of the city of Grado, the non-profit Klimt Foundation is supporting the “KLIMT PRINTED” exhibition through loans and new research. To this day, single sheets of paper and folders remain high-priced items on the art market.
Gustav Klimt’s paintings have been called “masterpieces of copy art”
For the Klimt group who left the Vienna Secession, 1908 was not only the year of the Vienna Kunsthalle, but for Gustav Klimt it was also the year of his first high-quality reproductions Realization of portfolio. Appeared in 1908-1914 Works by Gustav Klimt Published by HO Miethke Kunsthalle. In 1917/18 the bookseller Hugo Heller edited a new and expanded edition. In 1931, art historian Max Eisler reproduced selected Klimt paintings in his first monograph on Klimt in 1920 and created another collection in 1931 (Gustav Klimt. Comment).
The aim was to promote Klimt in a “micro” way through exhibitions of these high-quality and expensive works. Klimt himself participated in the execution of the “Mitke Collection” during his lifetime, as Franz Servas highlighted in retrospect in August 1918: “This work was commissioned by the Viennese art dealer Mitke Turk had begun it several years earlier and had been under the supervision of the artist himself and completed shortly before his death.
Klimt Graphic Works Research Project
kk Hof- und Staatsdruckerei is responsible for all versions. These “masterpieces of Austrian reproduction art” (Neue Freie Presse, February 27, 1909, p. 10) were produced with precision using photographic printing techniques that are almost unfeasible today. Furthermore, reproductions now have a high documentary value. They show the appearance and some of the colors of important Klimt paintings that were burned in the Immendorf Castle fire in May 1945, including the famous teacher image for the University of Vienna.
The Klimt Foundation has incorporated preliminary elements of its current research into the exhibition “Klimt Prints” curated by Roberto Festi and is currently publishing a monograph on Klimt and his printed works of publications. A major exhibition is also planned in Vienna.
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Exhibition focus klimt print (August 10-October 27, 2024) At the Casa della Musica in the former Austrian seaside resort of Grado, there is a collection of the above-mentioned works, supplemented by a collection of Klimt paintings by Gilhofer and Ranschburg (1919). Furthermore, Klimt’s graphic skills are demonstrated through examples in the early template folders, e.g. fable. New episodes (1896-1900)from the publishing house Gerlach & Schenck, and elaborates on his role as a graphic artist within the Vienna Secession. Catalogs in German and Italian are published for the exhibition organized by the Consorzio Grado Turismo and the Municipality of Grado.
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